<p>Where I live is a course that does not have the national name recognition or presence of Kapan or Princeton; it is called Quest Advanced. Does anyone know this prep. program–it is all individual tutoring in your home–unimaginably expensive but intense and exhaustive–suited to one child. Please speak about it if you know it or else recommend another program you could very highly recommend. I have heard good things about Powerscore but do not mention Princeton or Kaplan because I am familiar with their mixed reviews (oftne not so hot),</p>
<p>Diitto with lsat. I have also heard good thing about Quest Advanced and Power Score for this test. </p>
<p>Looking forward to hearing about ones that were unusual and awesome.</p>
<p>I’m going to start with a disclaimer: I work for Blueprint Test Prep as an instructor, so I’m extremely biased in favor of them. </p>
<p>Now that I’ve got that out of the way, time to get to the meat of your LSAT question (and I’m going to answer this as if you’re interested in the LSAT, but it applies equally if you’re asking for one of your children - it’ll just make the pronouns easier). When researching LSAT prep companies (or any prep companies, for that matter), you have to find out what the truth is behind the numbers. It’s easy to see that someone offers 80 hours of teaching; it’s harder to find out that 16 of those are practice exams that they’re counting to inflate their numbers. If you’re unsure based on the website, call and e-mail until you get a straight answer. Also, ask what the methodology is for their reported score increases. If a company uses the difference between the actual exam and the first practice exam, realize that they can’t force students to tell them their real scores. This sometimes leads only the high-scorers to be contacted/report their scores, so the score increase from some companies can be inflated. Also, see what additional services they offer, discounts for enrolling in the class, etc… A lot of people will pick up tutoring or answer time outside of class with an instructor; if that’s included (or discounted if you’re in a class), that’s something to factor in to your decision.</p>
<p>Probably the most important thing, however, is to get a bead on their philosophy. Each company will hire different people based on what they feel is the best way to convey information. Also, companies will teach differently, some relying more on homework (usually the ones with less classtime) while others use homework for reinforcement. Some are very dry, relying on your interest in doing well on the test to carry you through, while others try to spice things up with platypus drawings in the book (we swear, it’s relevant!) and instructors who spend as much time prepping jokes that deal with the questions (and the writers) as the material itself (if you can’t tell, that’s us). Just make sure that the methods used align well with the learning style of the student who’s enrolling.</p>
<p>Hope this helped (at least on the LSAT front)! Good luck!</p>
<p>Study on your own using collegeboard or ACT materials for the SAT/ACT, look at the problems and see why you got them wrong, figuring this out is the best practice you’ll get. I have no idea if you are taking the LSAT</p>
<p>Did you choose a LSAT prep course? What did your son/daughter feel about he course? I am thinking about going w/ Testmasters for my daughter. However, I would like her to start preparing in May and their Summer courses don’t start til July/Auguest. I am also considering supplementing a course w/ private tutoring. Any recommendations or suggestions would be appreciate.</p>